DEPUTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER, PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Apply NowCompany: Los Angeles Metro
Location: Los Angeles, CA 90011
Description:
Salary: $149,115.20 - $224,744.00 Annually
Location : Los Angeles, CA
Job Type: Regular Employee
Job Number: 2400478
Cabinet: PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Cost Center: 8410 - ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY/ CONSTRUCTION MGMT
Opening Date: 03/28/2025
Closing Date: 4/11/2025 5:00 PM Pacific
FLSA: Exempt
Bargaining Unit: Non-Contract
Metro's mission is to provide a world-class transportation system that enhances the quality of life for all who live, work, and play within LA County.
Description
Plans, directs, and manages diverse teams and major projects within Metro, including large capital projects or management of other types of large projects or programs.
Recruitment Timelines: Interviews are projected to be scheduled for the week of April 21, 2025. These dates are subject to change. We encourage you to monitor your governmentjobs.com profile and emails for the latest updates.
Examples of Duties
Minimum Qualifications
A combination of education and/or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the position. Additional experience, as outlined below, may be substituted for required education on a year-for-year basis. A typical combination includes:
Education
Experience
Certifications/Licenses/Special Requirements
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications (PQs) are used to identify relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) as determined by business necessity. These criteria are considered preferred qualifications and are not intended to serve as minimum requirements for the position. PQs will help support selection decisions throughout the recruitment. In addition, applicants who possess these PQs will not automatically be selected.
The following are the preferred qualifications:
Essential Knowledge
Knowledge of (defined as a learned body of information that is required for and applied in the performance of job tasks)
Skill in (defined as the proficient manual, verbal, or mental utilization of data, people, or things)
Ability to (defined as a present competence to perform an observable behavior or produce an observable result)
Special Conditions
The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Metro provides reasonable accommodation to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Working Conditions
Physical Effort Required
Metro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, age, veteran status, or disability. Learn more about Metro does not deny participation in the application process to anyone with prior justice system involvement, in line with hiring practices.
Selection Procedure
Applicants who best meet job-related qualifications will be invited to participate in the examination process that may consist of any combination of written, performance, or oral appraisal to further evaluate job-related experience, knowledge, skills and abilities.
Application Procedure
To apply, visit Metro's website at www.metro.net and complete an online Employment Application.
Computers are available to complete online Employment Applications at the following Metro location:
METRO Headquarters, Employment Office
One Gateway Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Telephone: (213) 922-6217 or persons with hearing or speech impairments can use California Relay Service 711 to contact Metro.
All completed online Employment Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. on the closing date. Late applications will not be considered.
*Open to the public and all Metro employees
This job bulletin is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Employees may be required to perform other related job duties.
*Please refer to the applicable benefit type (Regular or Temporary)*
BENEFITS FOR REGULAR EMPLOYEES
Benefits cover probationary or regular full-time (working at least 40 hrs/week) employees of Metro.
We offer a range of high-quality medical, dental and vision plan options as well as health care spending accounts for you and your family. Metro will cover a significant portion of your health care premiums.
Medical/Dental/Vision Plan - Employee has the choice of 3 separate medical plans and 3 dental plans. A separate vision plan is included in each medical plan.
Group Life Insurance - PTSC pays for an amount equal to your annual salary, rounded up to the nearest $1,000. Minimum amount of life insurance is $30,000.
Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance - PTSC provides $50,000 coverage for each employee. Additional voluntary coverage in amounts up to $500,000 is available at favorable premium rates.
Long-Term Disability Insurance - 100% employer paid. Provides employees with a minimum income of 60% of earnings after six months of disability. Buy up or buy down options available.
Holidays - 12 days a year: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans' Day, Cesar E Chavez, Juneteenth,Thanksgiving Day, Day After Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.
Time off with Pay (TOWP) - Compensates employees who are on approved absence from work for reasons such as illness, injury, medical and dental appointments, personal business, vacation, or observance of (a) religious holiday.
Years of Service Annual Accrual
Hire date - 5 years 20 days
Beginning of 6th - 10th year 25 days
Beginning of 11th - 15th year 30 days
Beginning of 16th + years 35 days
Pension Plan - PTSC retirement plan is the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS). Vesting is five (5) years. Minimum retirement age is 52, based on the 2% at 62 formula.
Other Benefits: Transportation passes for employees and/or eligible dependents; Medicare; Tuition reimbursement; credit union membership; SDI; Deferred Compensation Plan; 401(K) Thrift plan; EAP; Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts; Flexible work schedules; and Jury Duty Pay.
BENEFITS FOR TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES
Temporary (Contingent) employees are eligible for the following benefits only:
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Please acknowledge that the following responses will be used to supplement and expand on the Work Experience section of your application. It is important to provide detailed answers and do not refer to or rely on a resume or other documentation as we will not review resumes to determine qualifications. The information provided in your application must support your selected answers in the supplemental questions. The information you provide will be verified and documentation may be required. Please be as accurate as possible. By completing this supplemental questionnaire, you are attesting that the information you have provided is accurate. Any misstatements, omissions, or falsification of information may eliminate you from consideration or result in dismissal.
02
Are you a current Metro employee?
03
If you indicated being a current Metro employee, please enter your employee badge number in the field below. If you selected "No" to the previous question, please enter "N/A."
04
Please select the highest level of education you have completed.
05
Please select the number of years of relevant senior management-level experience in the design and/or construction of major capital projects, including extensive experience managing mass transit projects.
06
If you indicated having relevant senior management-level experience in the design and/or construction of major capital projects, including extensive experience managing mass transit projects, please describe where and how you gained this experience, including names of employers, dates of employment, and duties performed. If you do not have this experience, please indicate "N/A."
07
Please describe your experience managing construction and delivery for public works and public Transportation projects, please describe where and how you gained this experience, including names of employers, dates of employment, and duties performed. If you do not have this experience, please indicate "N/A."
08
Please describe your experience leading team of construction management personnel, please describe where and how you gained this experience, including names of employers, dates of employment, and duties performed. If you do not have this experience, please indicate "N/A."
09
Please describe your experience communicating, advising construction progress to stakeholders, please describe where and how you gained this experience, including names of employers, dates of employment, and duties performed. If you do not have this experience, please indicate "N/A."
10
Please describe your experience maintaining, forecasting impacts to cost and schedule of projects, please describe where and how you gained this experience, including names of employers, dates of employment, and duties performed. If you do not have this experience, please indicate "N/A."
Required Question
Location : Los Angeles, CA
Job Type: Regular Employee
Job Number: 2400478
Cabinet: PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Cost Center: 8410 - ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY/ CONSTRUCTION MGMT
Opening Date: 03/28/2025
Closing Date: 4/11/2025 5:00 PM Pacific
FLSA: Exempt
Bargaining Unit: Non-Contract
Metro's mission is to provide a world-class transportation system that enhances the quality of life for all who live, work, and play within LA County.
Description
Plans, directs, and manages diverse teams and major projects within Metro, including large capital projects or management of other types of large projects or programs.
Recruitment Timelines: Interviews are projected to be scheduled for the week of April 21, 2025. These dates are subject to change. We encourage you to monitor your governmentjobs.com profile and emails for the latest updates.
Examples of Duties
- Directs performance of services by assigned staff, consultants, and contractors for successful completion of projects and contracts in a thorough and timely manner
- Plans, assigns, monitors, and evaluates the work of assigned staff
- Manages and directs third-party coordination and public affairs activities related to project design and completion
- Establishes and monitors short- and long-range project goals, budgets, schedules, and strategies
- Ensures all project design and/or construction activities meet operations and maintenance quality standards and expectations
- Develops and manages information security and recovery capabilities; oversees current information technology interface with other related Metro databases
- Evaluates work of consultants to ensure compliance and consistency with agency, department, and project objectives
- Represents agency and applicable division at meetings, conferences, and public events
- Provides expertise and leadership in conducting technical studies and analyses
- Prepares and presents reports to executive and management staff, the Board of Directors, and/or outside regulatory agencies
- Sets and implements project policies, procedures, programs, safety and work standards, and controls for the overall functioning of assigned unit
- Ensures compliance with Metro policies, procedures, and standards, and applicable federal, state, and local regulations and laws
- Supervises, trains, mentors, and motivates assigned staff
- Evaluates staff's overall level of knowledge, skills, and abilities, and assists in developing the department's succession plan
- Oversees all contracts, operating budget, and capital budget for section; monitors, and adheres to department/unit budget, goals, and schedules which comply with agency-wide fiscal responsibility
- Communicates Metro's safety vision and goals; oversees the implementation of agency and departmental safety rules, policies, and procedures; and maintains accountability for the safety performance of all assigned employees
- Contributes to ensuring that the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policies and programs of Metro are carried out
May be required to perform other related job duties
Minimum Qualifications
A combination of education and/or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the position. Additional experience, as outlined below, may be substituted for required education on a year-for-year basis. A typical combination includes:
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a related field; Master's Degree in a related field preferred
Experience
- Five years of relevant senior management-level experience in the design and/or construction of major capital projects, including extensive experience managing mass transit projects
Certifications/Licenses/Special Requirements
- A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions
- California license as a Professional Engineer (PE) preferred
- Construction management and/or project management certification preferred
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications (PQs) are used to identify relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) as determined by business necessity. These criteria are considered preferred qualifications and are not intended to serve as minimum requirements for the position. PQs will help support selection decisions throughout the recruitment. In addition, applicants who possess these PQs will not automatically be selected.
The following are the preferred qualifications:
- Experience managing construction and delivery for public works and public Transportation projects
- Experience leading team of construction management personnel
- Experience communicating, advising construction progress to stakeholders
- Experience maintaining, forecasting impacts to cost and schedule of projects
Essential Knowledge
Knowledge of (defined as a learned body of information that is required for and applied in the performance of job tasks)
- Theories, principles, and practices of rail transit engineering, design, construction, operations, and maintenance
- Governmental contract policies and procedures
- Public administrative methods, including goal setting, program and budget development and implementation
- Applicable local, state, and federal regulatory requirements and standards
- Large-scale capital project management
- Contract management for both consultants and construction
- Social, political, and environmental issues influencing transit programs
- Heavy construction practices and procedures
- Modern management theory
- Applicable business software applications
Skill in (defined as the proficient manual, verbal, or mental utilization of data, people, or things)
- Directing the overall engineering and construction activities for major capital projects
- Determining strategies to achieve goals
- Establishing and implementing policies and procedures
- Analyzing situations, identifying problems, recommending solutions, and evaluating outcomes
- Exercising sound judgment and creativity in making decisions
- Communicating effectively orally and in writing
- Preparing complex comprehensive reports and correspondence
- Interacting professionally with various levels of metro employees, Board of Directors, public officials, and outside representatives
- Negotiating and problem solving
Ability to (defined as a present competence to perform an observable behavior or produce an observable result)
- Meet time constraints
- Multi-task and prioritize
- Maintain focus on objectives
- Represent Metro before the public
- Compile, analyze, and interpret complex data
- Understand, interpret, and apply laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, contracts, budgets, and labor/management agreements
- Plan financial and staffing needs
- Travel to offsite locations
- Read, write, speak, and understand English
Special Conditions
The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Metro provides reasonable accommodation to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Working Conditions
- Typical office situation
- Close exposure to computer monitors and video screen
Physical Effort Required
- Sitting at a desk or table
- Operate a telephone or other telecommunications device and communicate through the medium
- Type and use a keyboard and mouse to perform necessary computer-based functions
- Communicating through speech in the English language required
Metro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, age, veteran status, or disability. Learn more about Metro does not deny participation in the application process to anyone with prior justice system involvement, in line with hiring practices.
Selection Procedure
Applicants who best meet job-related qualifications will be invited to participate in the examination process that may consist of any combination of written, performance, or oral appraisal to further evaluate job-related experience, knowledge, skills and abilities.
Application Procedure
To apply, visit Metro's website at www.metro.net and complete an online Employment Application.
Computers are available to complete online Employment Applications at the following Metro location:
METRO Headquarters, Employment Office
One Gateway Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Telephone: (213) 922-6217 or persons with hearing or speech impairments can use California Relay Service 711 to contact Metro.
All completed online Employment Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. on the closing date. Late applications will not be considered.
*Open to the public and all Metro employees
This job bulletin is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Employees may be required to perform other related job duties.
*Please refer to the applicable benefit type (Regular or Temporary)*
BENEFITS FOR REGULAR EMPLOYEES
Benefits cover probationary or regular full-time (working at least 40 hrs/week) employees of Metro.
We offer a range of high-quality medical, dental and vision plan options as well as health care spending accounts for you and your family. Metro will cover a significant portion of your health care premiums.
Medical/Dental/Vision Plan - Employee has the choice of 3 separate medical plans and 3 dental plans. A separate vision plan is included in each medical plan.
Group Life Insurance - PTSC pays for an amount equal to your annual salary, rounded up to the nearest $1,000. Minimum amount of life insurance is $30,000.
Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance - PTSC provides $50,000 coverage for each employee. Additional voluntary coverage in amounts up to $500,000 is available at favorable premium rates.
Long-Term Disability Insurance - 100% employer paid. Provides employees with a minimum income of 60% of earnings after six months of disability. Buy up or buy down options available.
Holidays - 12 days a year: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans' Day, Cesar E Chavez, Juneteenth,Thanksgiving Day, Day After Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.
Time off with Pay (TOWP) - Compensates employees who are on approved absence from work for reasons such as illness, injury, medical and dental appointments, personal business, vacation, or observance of (a) religious holiday.
Years of Service Annual Accrual
Hire date - 5 years 20 days
Beginning of 6th - 10th year 25 days
Beginning of 11th - 15th year 30 days
Beginning of 16th + years 35 days
Pension Plan - PTSC retirement plan is the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS). Vesting is five (5) years. Minimum retirement age is 52, based on the 2% at 62 formula.
Other Benefits: Transportation passes for employees and/or eligible dependents; Medicare; Tuition reimbursement; credit union membership; SDI; Deferred Compensation Plan; 401(K) Thrift plan; EAP; Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts; Flexible work schedules; and Jury Duty Pay.
BENEFITS FOR TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES
Temporary (Contingent) employees are eligible for the following benefits only:
- Kaiser medical insurance
- Public Pension Plan
- 457/401K Plan
- Flex Spending
- Paid Sick Time
- Fare Media
- Rideshare Subsidies
- Metro One Fitness membership
01
Please acknowledge that the following responses will be used to supplement and expand on the Work Experience section of your application. It is important to provide detailed answers and do not refer to or rely on a resume or other documentation as we will not review resumes to determine qualifications. The information provided in your application must support your selected answers in the supplemental questions. The information you provide will be verified and documentation may be required. Please be as accurate as possible. By completing this supplemental questionnaire, you are attesting that the information you have provided is accurate. Any misstatements, omissions, or falsification of information may eliminate you from consideration or result in dismissal.
- Yes, I agree and understand my resume will not be reviewed
02
Are you a current Metro employee?
- Yes
- No
03
If you indicated being a current Metro employee, please enter your employee badge number in the field below. If you selected "No" to the previous question, please enter "N/A."
04
Please select the highest level of education you have completed.
- I do not have education equivalent to grade 12
- High school graduate, diploma or the equivalent (GED)
- Associate degree from an accredited college or university
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
- Master's degree from an accredited college or university
- PhD from an accredited college or university
05
Please select the number of years of relevant senior management-level experience in the design and/or construction of major capital projects, including extensive experience managing mass transit projects.
- No relevant senior management-level experience
- Fewer than 5 years
- 5 years or more, but fewer than 7 years
- 7 years or more, but fewer than 9 years
- 9 years or more
06
If you indicated having relevant senior management-level experience in the design and/or construction of major capital projects, including extensive experience managing mass transit projects, please describe where and how you gained this experience, including names of employers, dates of employment, and duties performed. If you do not have this experience, please indicate "N/A."
07
Please describe your experience managing construction and delivery for public works and public Transportation projects, please describe where and how you gained this experience, including names of employers, dates of employment, and duties performed. If you do not have this experience, please indicate "N/A."
08
Please describe your experience leading team of construction management personnel, please describe where and how you gained this experience, including names of employers, dates of employment, and duties performed. If you do not have this experience, please indicate "N/A."
09
Please describe your experience communicating, advising construction progress to stakeholders, please describe where and how you gained this experience, including names of employers, dates of employment, and duties performed. If you do not have this experience, please indicate "N/A."
10
Please describe your experience maintaining, forecasting impacts to cost and schedule of projects, please describe where and how you gained this experience, including names of employers, dates of employment, and duties performed. If you do not have this experience, please indicate "N/A."
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